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Image Gallery Here are various images of the PTF-26, Liberty. Click on an image to view.
PTF-26
Mike Klapka photo outboard profile
Layover at Walnut Grove, October 2011
Spring and Summer 2011
San Francisco Fleet Week 2010 photos
Tom Elliott photos
Hundreds of hours of prepping the boat. Communications with the SF Fleet Week association, the Port of San Francisco, representatives of the Liberty Ship Jeremiah O'Brien, the submarine Pampanito, and local Coast Guard personnel. The honor of being part of the Parade of Ships, maneuvering around hundreds of vessels during the air show, thousands of people viewing PTF-26 on the bay and at Pier 45, hundreds of people young and old, active military and veterans, Americans and visitors stopping by the booth to chat . Still, the moment that comes back to me is the quiet woman who had a look about her that said that she'd had some hard times and was not well off. She waited until I had a moment alone, then stepped up to me and said "I'd like to make a donation, it's not much". She gave me a handful of a little over 1$ in change and as she turned to slip away said quietly and quickly with a tone that may have expressed pride and/or sadness or maybe that she couldn't really afford to do this, but felt that she had to; "My brother served in Vietnam". Capt. Jim West
Photos by Brad Morine, Rebecca West, Kent Dryden, Ross Lindblom, Tom Elliott and , Jim West
Ancient Mariner Regatta 2010 Santa Barbara 2010
Richmond, CA 2010 The Painted Cave, Santa Cruz Island - July 2010 California Coast 2010
Pier 38, SF July 2010 Georgiana Slough, Sacramento Delta July 2010
YBI Safety @ Sea Cruise 2009
Haul-Out May 2008 Sacramento Delta - June 2008
Rio Vista, CA 2004
PTF-26 at Pt Hueneme circa 1989
PTF-26 in Dana Point early '80s?
nabcoronado 26crew, Neil McDonald photo PTF-24
PTFs 24 and 26 Coastal River Squadron 1, Jim Gray photo late 70s?
PTF-26 crew April 1975
PTF-26 returns from the PI aboard USS Tuscaloosa LST-1187 circa summer 1971
2008 40th Anniversary Photos
Rio Vista "Red Dock" May 2008
Ancient Mariner Sea Scout Regatta, Memorial Weekend, May 2008
Mk 1 .50 Cal. Ammo Box Barbeque
Text and images (c) 2003-2011 Liberty Maritime Museum,
credits to Kent Dryden, Liz Morine, Captain Jim West. |
